Since Election
5 Mar 2025 is 120 days since the last presidential election.
The biggest stock market gain in the first 120 days is 14.67% for the 1960 Kennedy/Johnson administration on 1961-03-07.
The biggest stock market loss in the first 120 days is -26.92% for the 2008 Obama administration on 2009-03-03.
The least amount of percent change in the first 120 days is -0.59% for the 1980 Reagan administration on 1981-03-03.
The most amount of percent change in the first 120 days is 31.07% for the 1932 D. Roosevelt administration. For this administration, the stock market went from 6.92 since election to a high of 7.68 on 1932-11-11 (10.98%) to a low of 5.53 on 1933-02-27 (-20.09%).
The average stock market change for Democratic administrations in the first 120 days is 0.96%.
The average stock market change for Republican administrations in the first 120 days is 2.20%.
* Stock market results are measured using the daily closing price of the Standard and Poor's 500 index.
| President | Year | Start | Stop | Percent | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoover | 1928 | 22.24 | 1928-11-07 | 24.92 | 1929-03-06 | 12.05% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1932 | 6.92 | 1932-11-09 | 5.84 | 1933-03-03 | -15.61% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1936 | 17.43 | 1936-11-04 | 18.55 | 1937-03-03 | 6.43% |
| D. Roosevelt | 1940 | 10.79 | 1940-11-06 | 9.76 | 1941-03-05 | -9.55% |
| D. Roosevelt/Truman | 1944 | 12.94 | 1944-11-08 | 14.38 | 1945-03-07 | 11.13% |
| Truman | 1948 | 15.93 | 1948-11-03 | 14.67 | 1949-03-02 | -7.91% |
| Eisenhower | 1952 | 24.67 | 1952-11-05 | 25.78 | 1953-03-04 | 4.50% |
| Eisenhower | 1956 | 47.11 | 1956-11-07 | 44.23 | 1957-03-06 | -6.11% |
| Kennedy/Johnson | 1960 | 55.35 | 1960-11-09 | 63.44 | 1961-03-08 | 14.62% |
| Johnson | 1964 | 85.14 | 1964-11-04 | 87.26 | 1965-03-03 | 2.49% |
| Nixon | 1968 | 103.27 | 1968-11-06 | 99.71 | 1969-03-05 | -3.45% |
| Nixon/Ford | 1972 | 113.35 | 1972-11-08 | 114.45 | 1973-03-07 | 0.97% |
| Carter | 1976 | 101.92 | 1976-11-03 | 100.39 | 1977-03-02 | -1.50% |
| Reagan | 1980 | 131.33 | 1980-11-05 | 130.86 | 1981-03-04 | -0.36% |
| Reagan | 1984 | 169.17 | 1984-11-07 | 180.65 | 1985-03-06 | 6.79% |
| Bush | 1988 | 273.33 | 1988-11-09 | 294.08 | 1989-03-08 | 7.59% |
| Clinton | 1992 | 417.11 | 1992-11-04 | 449.26 | 1993-03-03 | 7.71% |
| Clinton | 1996 | 724.59 | 1996-11-06 | 801.99 | 1997-03-05 | 10.68% |
| Bush | 2000 | 1,409.28 | 2000-11-08 | 1,261.89 | 2001-03-07 | -10.46% |
| Bush | 2004 | 1,143.20 | 2004-11-03 | 1,210.08 | 2005-03-02 | 5.85% |
| Obama | 2008 | 952.77 | 2008-11-05 | 712.87 | 2009-03-04 | -25.18% |
| Obama | 2012 | 1,394.53 | 2012-11-07 | 1,541.46 | 2013-03-06 | 10.54% |
| Trump | 2016 | 2,163.26 | 2016-11-09 | 2,362.98 | 2017-03-08 | 9.23% |
| Biden | 2020 | 3,443.44 | 2020-11-04 | 3,819.72 | 2021-03-03 | 10.93% |
| Trump | 2024 | 5,929.04 | 2024-11-06 | 5,842.63 | 2025-03-05 | -1.46% |